Cast-steel door-frame.



V. WILLOUGHBY. CAST STEEL DOOR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912. 1,097,959, Patented May 26,1914.

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'Q I & fi 1% Ex N Eg w IF I ATTORNEY V. WILLOUGHBY.

GAST STEEL DOOR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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- VICTOR WILLOUGHBY, or mtrriinsonvnns, mien-ma, nssrsnonr o AMERICAN can AND FOUNDRY JERSEY.

To all whom it may concern WILLoUunBY, residing at. Jefi'ersonville, 'Clark county, Indiana, and being aIci'tizen of thevUnited States, have invented certain new andnseful Improvements in Cast- Steel Door-1 Frames, of which the following is a full, -clear, and exact description, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had'to the accompanying draw-- ings, which illustrate the preferred form of the-invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to'the exact details of construction shown and described,

as it is obvious that various modifications thereof willoccar to personsskilled in the a In ,said drawings: Figure 1 1s a side ele- .vation of the side door reinforcement casting,-sho\vingat the left of the door opening center'line a portion of' the car side framing, the door header and the the door post cover,

of said Fig. 3 is a horizontal section along the line j 3e3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through'the door opening'shownto the left of the center line in Fig. 1. Fig. is an end elevation of the right hand end offhe casting 'shown in Fig.1; and, Flg. 6 is a horizontal sectidnflalong the line 66 of [sill havin side sill reinforcement, and at the top with 1'. I My invention pertains to load carrying side door reinforcements for railway 've .hicles, s h..'asbaggage, postal or express cars, and has especially for ts ob3eet a cast frame composed-partially of door posts 111- tegrally connected at .the'botto n with a door.

extensions which constitute, a

"a door lintel also having extensions and derin additionalreinforcement to stifien I v "serving'asfa .sideplate reinforcement, the

'45 the-door posts a! en'onghto fully develop reinforcements rejectingoutwardly fro their bending-stresses at said door posts, 'ren-' car side framing at the door opening unfiecessarv. b

- Thetotaiflen'g'th of 'thesie side plate reinforcements, which, is to 'saj7, the se s-ass" entirely 'upb'hthe construction *of'thec'ar, the size of t tal length of the casting,

the doorope'ninfg ands-he lead the car will QOMPANY, or sr. LO

Specification of letters Patent. 'A ncen n filed Septein'oer 17,1918. seriaimlveo'eet.

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carry, which elements determine the bendin'g moment of the reinforcement members.

Another object of this invention is to so form the door posts that they may support on the etterior wooden fillers or flu-rings adapted to provide places of attachment for 'grab irons, cinder guard brackets, door fasteners, and the like, if. desired. As an extension of this advantage, the door posts are also. adapted to have attached to" them furrings' exposedto the interior,- to which may be applied the inside lining of the car. i

A further object is the provision of integrally east ghssets-at the corners of thejunctions of the door osts and the side sill reinforcement, and: a so, of the door posts and. side plate-- reinforcement, the. proper g'assets being means for the the g rovided with attachment lagonal braces auxiliary to ssets themselves, The gussets and the aumliary attaching elements permit the side door reinforcement castingto be included in the car side framing. Additional means integral with the door posts exist intermediate-the upper and lower ends of thelatter fore-scaring the belt rail to the side door re.- inforcernent casting.

present as an integral part'of the casting, a

suitable support for the door track. and still furthers position, at the top of the side sill reinforcement and between the door posts, for 1the reception of the usual threshold 'plate, and-an ofi'set in said side sill rein- It is also an object of thisin vention to sill reinforcement that. it will offer no obstruct ion to the attachment of floor bearers.

Considering the details of the drawin'gs, the elements ofthe side training of'the car are denoted by letters in Which- A indicates the side sill of a car under-.

frame; which in this case, is shown as an angle iron with its horizontal leglower;

most; The side plate B of thesaperstruci'tll,'i also an angle withits horizontal leg t'pjoerinost, and connecting the side plateB to a sset G, the latter being riveted to side. sill r is a sidepost D. To the gusset plate 7 be referred to later on.

tached.

surface for the sheeting, and permitsthe 'forcement 1 is of uniform cross section in 'ribs resting upon the horizontal leg of the permitting the outer face of the vertical leg 3 C 'is also riveted the lower end of a diagonal brace E, which is a standard angle, and ex tends obliquely upward until it engages a usset which is an integral part of the side oor reinforcement casting. The connec tion of the diagonal brace to this gusset will A channel F, constituting a part of the belt rail, which runs the len th of the car and is interrupted only by tie door opening, is shown as riveted at one end to the side post 1) at a point intermediate the ends of said side post, and at the other to the casting.

' Near the upper extremity of the side post I) is the letter board angle G to which the lower edge of the usual letter board is -at- 'lheside sill reinforcement 1 is of mate rially greater length than the width of the door opening, its ends 2 extending outwardly fromlhe door posts 3. In the type of casting here illustrated, the side sill reinits central portion, i. e between the door posts 3, but the top edge of those parts of the vertical leg included in the end portions 2 inclines downwardly as it proceeds toward the outer extremities of said end portions. The horizontal leg of the side sill reinforcement extends to an altitude which is but little less than the upper surface or the floor 4, the small difference being such as'is necessary to accommodate a thre hold plate 5 whlch is provided with ribs (L hese side sill reinforcement sustain the threshold plate 5 so that it forms practically. a continuation-o the floor. Outside of the door posts 3, the horizonta], leg of the side sill reinforcement inclines downwardl in accordance with the inclination of t e top edge of the vertical leg, and also tapers laterall toward this leg.

Attention is directe to the central portion of the side sill reinforcement 1, where it will be seen that the horizontal lcg extends-outwardly beyond the plane of the parts of the vertical leg in the ends Here the upper part of the vertical legis bulged outat 7 forming an abutment for the outer roll edge of the threshold plate and a contact width of the horizontal leg to agree with the de th of the door posts 3. t elow the bulged portion 7 the vertical leg of the side sill reinforcement is inset and remains so throughout its length, thereby of the Side sill A to be in the same plane as thebulgcd portion 7 of side sill reinforee- 3 ment, the outer nurfaccs of the dooi-, o.--t l and the side plate reinforcement 8. and the inner surfaces of the side sheet of the car, which is indicated in dot and dash lines at t H in Figs. 3 aud t and in dotted lilies in Fig. 4.

At.9 and 10 are shown. in the outer angles formed by the intersection of the lower end of the door posts 3 and the top of the side sill reinforcement 1, gussets which are lategrally cast with the parts mentioned. Similarly, in the outer angles formed by the in tersection of the upper ends of the door posts 3 and the under side of the side plate reinforcement 8 are located other gusset plates 11 and 12, also integral parts of the side door reinforcement casting. Extending outwardly from the door posts, all these gussets are immediately bent'hack into the plane of the inset portion of thew'crtical leg of the side sill reinforcement. The reason for this is to bring the faces of those gussets which arc'to contact with the dingo -al braces E into the same plane as the contacting faces of said diagonal braces. As seen in Fig. 5, this brings the gusset 10 into the is giveted to the cast gusset 11, against theinner face of which the outer leg of angle E rests. The inwardly projecting leg of the diagonal brace bears against the under-surface of lag 13 of the gusset 1t and is riveted thereto. Thus said diagonal brace firmly connects this part of the casting to the side framing.

The side, sill reinforcement is rigidly connccted to the side sill b v rivets, the inset portion at the center of the vertical leg of the former being in the same plane as the parts .oftthe vertical leg in the ends 2, thus presenting'a continuous contacting surface to the side sill A. while the side plate reinforcement is trongly riveted to the side plate. The end portions). of the side sill reiiiforcenient. and 15 of the ide plate reinforcement are of sullicient length to fully de velop their bending stresses at the door posts so maintaining s'ullicient stitl'uess in the side framing at thesepoints.

Letter board angle (l is riveted adjacent its end -to the outer facev of the integrally cast'gnsset ll, its horizontal leg being cut away near the gusset to'perinit its verti al leg to contact. with it. .\ngle (l extends to and beyond the side post 1). in fa t. to the car end. ,\t the side post the horizontal leg of the letter boai'dangle is again cut so that the l\\'o may be riveted together.

'lrojccting outwardly from each door ])(l. l'. 3 at a point intermediate its ends is a wing From gussets lland 10'extcnd in- The'eide fremingnhich has been omitted or the -night in Fig. 1 is snbstantiall the.

seine-as that shown at the left; the integral gusset 110 oa nrying a log 14. The diagonal brece ossoeiated' with this side of the door has lts "lower end ettachedherein the same mennerthet the upper end of brace E was attachedto gusset 1-1 and lug 13. The letter board angle is applied to gnsset 12, and the lwltmeil to wing 16 "For hanging the door l7, through the.

'a'genoy Q-fThZLHQBl'S 18, the horizontal leg' of :the Sideplete reinforcement affords a supfiort ier it-he track rail 19, upon which the angers roll, and the track may be riveted or bolted thereto, as shown in dot and. dash lines in iii-011a din'ring may be attached to-said horizontal leg and then-ark secured to it.- 1 i As iflfiflfly illustrated in Fig. 4, it will be seen tlieit 'ithe vertical leg alone of the side Bill reinforcement is attached to the side sill A, leevingithe horizontalleg of the latter ifneeyto u'eceivetheendofthe l'loor bearer J, '-the letter being-:eapa'ble of connection to the side sillthrough the employment'of a conneetion plate K.

The'doonposts 3 have :1 cross section which is nhoombinotion of a-structi-n'al Z and an 1 angle. vThis allows the reception or" wooden 3 and" furrings 20 ontheexterior.

a fillereior furrings-QO by the door posts, fac- 35.

ing-the exterior of the ear and other for- .211 exposed to the interior. \Vood screws zl passthrough fol-rings 2L through apertures in doo'r'pos'tsl; and into Earrings 20, securing-both furrings firmly-to tlie',dooi'- posts 3. "Seeiparticularlylig. 6.

Door cover posts 23 inclose the door posts .furrings 2O may be secured b v machine screws grab'irons, cinder guard brackets,

door fasteners orksimilar attaehinei'its, if-desired, the screws, of QOLUSQYPGHGUQJUHQ the hoover poster The inside lining of the car may be applied to theinsid'e furring 21.

7 Cover posts23-f'and the door header El are mitered. at the upper corners of the door opening and weldedtogetherj'and the correment casting are offset or recessed at QS-to .,'provide ample clearance for the welded corspon'ding corners in the side o'er reinforceners of the cover posts and the header, which are applied-as one frame.

The side door reinforcement casting becomes a part of the side framing of the car in which it is instailed,'and the side sill reinforc'eme'nt endflthe' side plate" reinforcement prevent any weakening of-the framing-at the door opening to vertical 1 ically andproportionately opposedby the bendingmonients set-up the end portions articnlarl- -as an tendencv P v y .Y

To the splecement will be automat-* of said i'eiiifoi'reinenls. the maximum bend mg stress occurring at the door posts. The integrally last gnssets which. aslicroinbe'lore stated. are bent into the plane of the inset the attachment of the side sheeting.

'lhe usual fittings can be applied to the door post. which is neatly linished b the cover posts. The light sheet metal frame comprising the cover posts 'andrdooi header 'is easil applied, as is the threshold plate and 'the door track. and the inside. lining linds a proper and secir'etermination at the door opening. i

I claim v I. In a car side lmving-fin-rings forjan inside lining andarooden door post fillers. an integral casting comprising door posts connected at ilieir upper xtroii iities by a side plate reinforce extending beyond said posts. and at their lower extremities by a side sill reinforce extendingbeyond the door posts, Said door' posts ha in e recesses in their inner'and onler sides for the reception ofsaid im-rings and tillers, and those portions of said sideplai o reinforce andside sill reinl orcc extending beyond said doorposts each being capable of developing a maximum bending stress Within itself adjacent one of said door posts. Y i i 2; In a ear sidehaving: side framing, furrings for an inside lining and door post tillers. an integral casting comprising door pools having" a combined Z and angle shaped cross section adapted to recei 'e and support said fin-rings and fillers,- afsideaplate rein force extending beyondsai'd doorposts, a

vide rill reinforce also ext-ending beyond the' door posts. the endportione of said side plate and side sill reinforces each being capable oi develoinn-g Within itself a maximum bending stress atone of said door posts and means for attaching elements of the car side framingto said casting.

3. In a car side having side framing, fnr rings il'or an inside lining and door post fillersfin cast metal door frame comprising door post: having a combined 2; and angleshapod crosssection adaptedto receive andsapport said amin s and fillers, aside plate reinforce of angular cross section extending beyond said doorpostsand-serving also as a door track support, a side sill reinforce of angular cross section extendingbeyond the door' posts, the end portions of said side plate and side sill reinforces-each being capable of developing ithin itself a maxi-- mum bending stress 'adjacent'a door post, and means for securing thefcasting both e strucposts posts 7 ing.

tural elements of the car side framing, certam of the surtaces of the casting presenting riveting areas, and all the parts heand adapted to support filler and car lining sill beyond the door posts and also serving as a tin-rings. a sideplate reinforce ext-ending door track support a side sill reinforce extender; beyond the door posts. those portions of said side plate and side sill rein- 1 forces which extend beyond the door posts 1 each bein capable of developing a maxill|lllll l (lltlll1f stress within itself adjacent one of-said door posts.

lira ear side having side framing a -unitary astingcomprising door posts re eessed to facilitate the insertion of cover and a door header, and adapted to suptiller and car lining't'urrings. a side rein toree extending beyond the door and also serriu as a door track support. a side sillreintoree extending beyond the door posts. the end portions of said side plate and side sill reinforces each being 72 pable ollt' developing a maximum bending stress :uljaeent' one. oi said door posts, and gussets and wings for attaching to Si id unitary ca ting: elements" of said side framport. plate t3. In a car side, an integral casting in cluding door posts. a side sill reinforce, extending beyond said door posts, adapted to be secured tothe side sill of a car and whose vertical dimensions increase from itsends toward and substantially. to said door posts I l t l a unitary casting comprls- '5 t l.

to establish the desired altitude of a threshold plate, ea 'l1 end'portion of said side. sill reinforce being capable of dereloping a maximum bending stress adjacent; one or said door posts.

, T.- In a (fill Si e naving' a side framing. an inte iral casting comprising door PtmtS, a side plate reinforce and a side all reinforce. each reinforce extendingbeyond the door posts and the end portions of each reinforce each'being capable of (l6\Gl0]l)ll1t a maximum bending stress at one of said door posts, the vertical dimensions of said side reinforce increasing from its ends ionztl'tl and substantially to said door posts to establish the desired altitude of a threshold plate,' and means for attaching elenu-nl oi the car side. framing to the casting.

2 in a car side, an integral casting" comprising: door posts adapted. to embrace and support t'urringrs on two sides of each post and being recessed to facilitate the insertion of rorer ts and a door header, and a side plate reii'i'lorce ha ring end portions extend in beromlsaid door posts, each of which is capable of developing a n'laximum band ing stress at one of said door posts.

. .J. In a t'ilt' filtlt? having side framing, "an integral casting comprising door posts; adapted to embrace and support cover post; tillers and ear lining attachment iturrings and being reces ed to facilitate the insertion of eo'rer posts and a doorheaderpa side. plate reinforce extending beyond said door pods and serving also as a door tract support, a side sill reinforce extending beyond said door posts, the eudtportions of the side 

